Machine for composing and distributing type



J J. KOENIG. MACHINE FOR OOMPOSING AND DISTRIBUTING TYPE.

No. 15,340. I I Patented July 15, 1856.

"UNITED; STATES PATENT -OEFICE.

JULIUS .I. KOEN'IG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR GOM'POSING AN D DISTRIBUTING TYPE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 15,3 10, da'tml July 15, 1356.

ence being had to the annexed drawihgs,1nak-- ing a partof this specification, in which Figure I is a plan of the machine; Fig. ll, a-pers-peetive drawing, to the right the composing and to the left the distributing part; Fig. Ill, eross-section on the line I II. l igs. IV to XII, inelusive,represent the details and single parts of the machine upon an enlarged" scale, and will be more particularly referred to in the description otthe construction and operation of the machine.

- The letters and .Iigures o1".- reterenee on all the figures represent the same parts wherever they occur.

A is the box with types. It contains from sixty-three to seventy-live grooves for all let.

ters and marks in the alphabet. All types stand on the edge, one abovethe other, which is shown in the section, Fig. III.

I3 is the continuation of the type-box A, but can be separated therefrom.

a is a crank fastened Io an axle, which is set in motion by a treading-wheel. To this.

crank a strip C is attached, which moves on the lower end on a hinge or pin and makes on the upper part a motion to aml fro. This strip goes throughz'itlat piece (I, which is eonnected by hooks e and f with 51 and/1.

Suppose the eomposing-maehine is required to work. Then the hook eis loosened, and the hook feonneets the parts (I and y. lly moving (I, 5 must move also, and has in aeomplete machine from twelv to lit'teen inches stroke.

On the headol' 5/ is a movable pair oLtongs g". If g moves to the-left, these tongs open by sliding up the inclined plane of the angular piece i and remain open by being caught by the hook I.'. The angle i is fastened ina groove (about one-fourth of an inch wide) in the point I, Fig. III. The groove runs along the whole length of the track of g, so as to give the lower part of the tongs play-room.

In g a guide-groove curved at both ends,

Fig. I. In this groove pinstrom-the parts m, n,,a nd o fit. If 1 moves, those parts 711,11,

and 0 come also into motion as soon as the pins come into the curve of the groove. Suppose gmakes the motionto the right. in will commence moving forward as the pin of m comes intothe curve In consequence of this motion of in the angular piece 1;,wliiehis fastened at 1 with a pin to the table,- will also make a motion, and the point 1)" moves from the leftto the right. This point 1)" catches the piece q, which runs below the type-boxes I; and consists ot two parts. (1 must raise in an inclined motion as soon as 11" moves it", in consequence of the two ineliued planes. attaehed to q underneath, and q raises also, but: in a perpendicular motion.

.\"ow it moves still on to the right'the pin of 21 comes in the (.l'llVQ Oll'l'llO groove and )1. coinmenees to move. liy means of the connection of n with i", T will be pushed fromthe front to the rear. lly this motion of 1' the linger-key f, which is pressed down with the fiugerand caught by the hook u, will bepushed also to the rear. 'lhrough the connection of s and 1' 2* the spring-key will open in 1". As soon as this is done, all the types whichbelong to this key will slide down till they reach the surface of 1 which is so low that the lowest type cannot be caught again from -1. Soon;

after this the linger-key s will be thrown up again to its former place. by the spring .9. The connection of rand s is now se 'iara-tetl, and the spring-key 1 will close again in t),

and presses both the lowest typesa: and 1 against the back wall of the box B and prevents, in-consequelu-e of this, all types belonging to that-key from sliding down. The motion oi y is now reversed and goes from the right to the left. Ily this motion 1' comes into its tormer plaee, and m and q, with 11', go down again. With qt-he loose typealso comes. down to the surface of the table. I The motion of 5 continues to the left, and .the part 0 commences to move to the front, and by the connection of a levero o with 2 the comlrz will be. pushed to the rear. By its motion the COIlllJ'lililCQS the loose type t'rom the box. 13 to the movable receptacle (2f In this position of the notch-inc the tinger'key for the next letter will he pressed-down. New reverse the motion Of L11 again from-the placed for distribution.

left to the right, and the nose llgoes through the orifice c and lifts all the receptacles 0 till it comes to the receptacle where the type was pushed in from the comb .2. The open tongs touches now the type,.and aslhetype is hearing against the side of the receptacle the tongs will stand. s1 ill, and moves on,

and with y the hook I.', the .tongs must slide nose 1% before the tongs touches them, because the tongs, after receiving the type, is pushed back under the highest point of the nose.

In the box y is a square piece I, which is connected to a spiral spring '1 by a cord. This piece I pushes against the types and prevents their falling. Nowit' g is filled with types it must'be raised by hand and the whole line delivered at once into the box '11, Fig 1. In the box 11. isalsoamovable square piece 1*, to prevent the falling of the first-delivered line. Practice will prove the best width for the box, if only as wide as the length of a line in a column or page of a book, or three, four, or may be ten times longer. The adjustm nt ol' th linesmnst'he made by hand.

If after continued composition of types the box A has one of the, grooves empty to the edge (upper edge) of B, the bolt g, which is lined with india-rubbcr, will be fastened and all the remaining types in A will be shut on. After this is done the whole box A will be laid backward and pushed on a n-m-r to the distributing part of the machine.

The small pieces X. prevent the types from falling when A is in a horizontal position. In each groove of A one of them is placed behind the types or above the types when the box A is standing up.

Between the spring-keys 1' and the heads of the types, also between the foot of the types and the hind. wall of box B, there are sheets of india-rubber to avoid injury to the types from the pressure of -1'. 1

Distributing port of the inur-7u'nc.-1 is a box in which the old composed t-ypes will be Behind the types is a: square piece 2, not only to prevent the fallingof the types, but also to push the types with by hand as soon as a line is-di's'tributed. The box 1 empties into a groove 3.- This groove is lined on one of its innei'sidcs with india-rubber, and on the other inner side it" has springs also lined with india rubber. To commence the distribution, the whole body of types nmst be pushed by hand against the piece 4, which is movable and caube pressed ter the types are pushed against it i must be opened again, and the first line will drop into the groove, which is a little lower than a small piece :3, which is drawn by a weight, till the first type leans against the book 6. After this is done the small piece 5 must be pulled back again by hand and the next line of types dropped into the groove. The hook e must now .be fastened and the hook f opened. enow connects l1 "and d. This part 7L consists of three pieces h, h", and 71/. Now if it comes against the first type (which is .to be distributed) the sloped edge of h presses the the hook 6 back, and the mouth h wl1ich springs, catches the first type. At this moment the angular finger-key belonging to this type (suppose 9) must be pressed down,'and in consequence of this the fork 10'\'vill be pushed against the box A. The motion of h 'now reverses and goes from the, left to the right. The sloped .plane h presses against. the pin 10', and as this pin. is t'astened to 10 the wholepartflGmust be pressed back. In this way the type can go into 'thefork 10. After this is-done the pin 10' slips olf from the sloped plane h', and 10" is forced back hyaneans of the spring 10" to its former place and incloses thetype. h" moves on and leaves the type in the fork. As soon now as the pin ot' the piece 11. (which pin runs in a groove in 72) comes in the curve of the groove 11 commences to move, and as it stands connected by a lever with the square frame 12, Figs. 1. and 2, the frame l2, which goes between the prongs of the fork 16,-must be pushed. against the box A, and takes the inelosod type to thegrooves of A; but at the same time the hind part of the frame 12 catehesalso the crooked piece 13, Fig. 2, and opens l-l from the hook J. As soon as the a hammer l9, Fig. l, may-be. 'used, whieh han'gstnan angular springhandle 20 and "strikes against a wedge 21. This wedge *toucl-iesevery ty e as it passes, and loosens them all. The llitlldlOOf the hammer turns on a pivot, and the end of it (pressed by a spring) reaches tothe track of T1. As soon as h moves against it, the spring will be with the lingers atrilio into the gri' ovo'. Af-

the box I. This dropped line will now be forced forward from the left to the right by hook 9 is loose, the whole fork l 0 is thrown If the types should stick too tight 'toget e pressed back and the hammer thrown'ofl, so that the hammer strikes the wedge at every motion of h.

The whole machine stands upon a table with an inclined surface, being higher in the front. The machine itself is constructed of metal. The rod-colored parts of the draw ings are lined with india-rubher. Thepoints of the comb are'tinned or covered with an india-rubbcr solution, so as to prevent injury to the heads of the types.

After the construction of the machine is given it becomes clear that with every set of characters a finger-key corresponds, which is played-upon by an engineer or type-composer in a manner similar to that of a pianist, the

described, for the purpose of composing and distributing type, as herein specified.

In testimony whereof- I have hereunto sign ed my name this 17th day of June. 1856.

JULIUS J. KOENIG. In presence of v CHAS. EVERETT, J 01m S. HOLLINGSIIEAD. 

